Hello everybody,

thank you very much for visiting this site.

We'd like to inform you about:

the importance of helping Koalas

the Australian Koala Foundation and their activities

what you can do to help

Koalas are inherently gentle animals with a magical ability of being
able to awaken compassion in people. This makes the koala
a powerful flagship to further the message of conservation.
(Quotation by Deborah Tabart - AKF Executive Director)

The koala is a fuzzy grey- or brown-colored marsupial living in gum
(eucalyptus) trees. Meanwhile their habitat is limited to a few
areas in South and East Australia.

Continual loss of habitat (as a result of progressive human
settlement
and extended road-building) and hunting until the early 20th century
reduced
the koala population from over 3.000.000 to less than 100.000

Other reasons for the extinction are chlamydia as well as
bush fires
(often lighted deliberately). More than 4000 koalas are killed every
year
thru habitat destruction, dogs and road kill.

Hence the koala is a highly endangered species which needs your
help.
The total extinction of these cute fur balls would be an
immense loss for everybody.

The AKF (Australian Koala Foundation) is an
international
completely self-funded
non-profit organization whose prime
focus and aim is the
long-term conservation of the koala in the wild. They try to preserve
habitat, provide information, raise money, hold conferences and
seminars.

There are different ways you can help: Make a donation, become a
member
of the AKF or become
a foster parent of a koala.If you like
to
learn more about koalas, their problems and needs and how YOU
can support them just follow the links below: